Sheila Watt-Cloutier Admits Disappointment,, But Says "Earth Is A Winner" With Nobel Decision

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Canadian environmentalist Sheila Watt-Cloutier, considered a Nobel Peace Prize contender, said Friday she was disappointed she did not get a share of the honor but that Earth was a winner in the end.

Watt-Cloutier said she had been jointly nominated for the award with former US vice president Al Gore, who won the Nobel alongside the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The tireless defender of the Arctic and Inuit rights in the face of climate change, told Canadian broadcaster CBC that she was "very pleased" that they won.

But, she conceded, "I was a little bit surprised to be honest because we had jointly been nominated ... (and) it certainly would have helped to continue to put (Arctic) issues on the map and the human dimension to it."

"In that respect I have to admit I was a little bit disappointed (not to win)." Still, "for me, the issue has won. And in fact, our own planet Earth is a winner in all of this," she said.

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http://www.terradaily.com/2007/071012152209.f65xkf0b.html

[Mabus]

1. I hope her message doesn't get lost in all the hullabaloo

and I say that as a long time supporter of Al.

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2. It remains to be seen whether planet earth "wins" anything from this.

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3. She deserved it much more.

She has actually been down in the trenches fighting the war. She's exhibited personal sacrifice for the cause. And as near as I can tell, she's never profited financially from it.

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4. neither has Gore IIRC

he's donated all his cash for his books and movie